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• We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work.

• Do one thing at a time and while doing it put

your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all

else.• Let not a ripple conquer the

mind.......................................BE ‘UNATTACHED’; let things work; let brain-centers

work; work incessantly, but let not a ripple conquer the

mind. Work as if you were a stranger in this land, a

sojourner; work incessantly, but do not bind yourselves;

bondage is terrible.• WE SHALL HAVE TO WORK, GIVING UP

ALTOGETHER ALL DESIRE FOR RESULTS. People

will call us both good and bad. BUT WE SHALL

HAVE TO WORK LIKE LIONS, KEEPING THE

IDEAL BEFORE US, without caring whether “the wise

ones praise or blame us”.

• What is the purpose of life?

Work, work, for to work only for the good of others is life.• When you are doing any work, do not think of anything

beyond. Do it as worship as the highest worship, and devote

your whole life to it for the little being.

• It is the worker who is attached to the results that

grumbles abut the nature of the duty which has

fallen to his lot; to the unattached worker all

duties are equally good, and form efficient

instrument with which selfishness and sensuality

may be killed, and the freedom of the soul

secured.



• Think that the whole work is upon your

shoulders.

• Do not give up the world; live in the world,

imbibe its influences as much as you can; but if it be for your own enjoyment’s sake, work not at

all.

• Do not fly away from the wheels of the world-

machine, but stand inside it and learn the secret

of work. Through proper work done inside, it is

also possible to come out.• Stop not to look for name, or fame, or any such

nonsense. Throw self overboard and work.

• Work in harmony.

• Work on with all energy.

• Go on working.

• Have patience and work.

• Hold yourself as a witness and go on working.

• The calmer we are the less disturbed our nerves,

the more shall we love and the better will our

work be.

• Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born

to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies

frighten you------------------no, not even thethunder bolts of heaven-------------------but stand

up and work!



• Work, work-------------------conquer all by your

love!

• Arise, ye mighty one, and be strong! Work on

and on, struggle on and on!• The Lord has hidden Himself best and His work

is best; so he who hides himself best,

accomplishes most.

• Work hard. Be holy and pure and the fire will

come.

•Our best work and our greatest influence iswhen we are without a thought of self.

• We need a heart to feel, a brain to conceive, and

a strong arm to do the work.

• Work on! Hold on! Be brave! Dare anything and

everything.

•

Patience and steady work----------this is theonly work.

• Let us work without desire for name or fame

or rule over the others. Let us be free from

the triple bonds of lust, greed of gain, and

anger.

• You work best when you work for others.

• I shall work incessantly until I die; and even after death I shall work for the good of the world.

Truth is infinitely more weighty than untruth;



so is goodness. If you possess these, they will

make their way by sheer gravity.

• Do not be anxious, do not be in a hurry. Slow,

persistent and silent work does everything.• If you are poor, work. If you are rich, work. If

you are burdened with un-seemingly unfair

responsibilities, work. If disappointments come,

work. If sorrow overwhelms you and loved ones

seem not true, work. If health is threatened,

work. When dreams are shattered and hope

seems dead, work. Work as if your life is in peril.

Its really is. No matter what ails you, work. Work

faithfully. Work in faith. Work is the great

remedy available for both mental and physical

afflictions.• "To work you have the right, but not to the fruits

thereof" (Gita, 2.47). We can train ourselves to knowand to practice that, says the Karma Yogi. When the

idea of doing good becomes a part of our very being,

then we will not seek for any motive outside.

Class on Karma Yoga. New York, 1896. Complete Works,

1:116.• Do not fly away from the wheels of the world-machine, but stand

inside it and learn the secret of work. Through proper work doneinside, it is possible to come out. Through this machinery itself isthe way out.

• Karma Yoga is a method of purifying the mind through work. ...

All fear and all desire to enjoy here or hereafter must bebanished for ever by the Karma Yogi. The karma without desire of return will destroy the selfishness, which is the root of allbondage. The watchword of the Karma Yogi is "not I, but Thou,"and no amount of self-sacrifice is too much for such a person.



• Work is a part of nature's foundation, and work always goes on. Those who believe in God understand this better, because theyknow that God is not such an incapable being as will need ourhelp. Although this universe will go on always, our goal isfreedom, our goal is unselfishness. According to Karma Yoga,

that goal is to be reached through work.• Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned; then

alone can you do any true work. No eyes can see the

real forces; we can only see the results. Put out self,

forget it; just let God work, it is His business.

• Do any deserve liberty who are not ready to give it to

others? Let us calmly go to work, instead of dissipating

our energy in unnecessary fretting and fuming.

•Do you think these sannyasi children of SriRamakrishna are born to simply to sit under trees

lighting dhuni-fires? Whenever any of them will take

up some work, people will be astonished to see their

energy. Learn from them how to work.

• Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were

after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are

those who can convert every work into one that suits

their taste. No work is petty. Everything in this worldis like a banyan-seed, which, though appearing tiny as a

mustard-seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent

within it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and

succeeds in making all work truly great…………….

• Great work requires great and persistent effort for a

long time. … Character has to be established through a

thousand stumbles.

• It is only work that is done as a free-will offering to

humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any

binding attachment.

• Look here--we shall die! Bear this in mind always, and

then the spirit within will wake up. Only then will

meanness vanish from you, practicality in work will



come, you will get new vigor in mind and body, and

those who come in contact with you will also feel that

they have really got something uplifting from you.

• Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does

not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfectioncomes through selfless work.

• Put God behind everything—human beings, animals,

food, and work. Make this a habit.

• The less passion there is, the better we work. The

calmer we are, the better for us and the more the

amount of work we can do. When we let loose our

feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves,

disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.• Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only

achieve success in it but through their absorption in that

they also realize the supreme truth—Brahman. Those

who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help

from God.

• To succeed, you must have tremendous

perseverance, tremendous will. “I will

drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul;

“at my will mountains will crumble up”.

Have that sort of energy, that sort of will;

work hard, and you will reach the goal.• We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work.

And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to

one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the

Light.

• What about this marvelous experience of standing

alone, discarding all help, breasting the storms of life,

of working without any sense of recompense, without

any sense of putrid duty, and of working a whole life,

joyful, free -- not goaded on to work like slaves by false



human love or ambition? Nature grinds all of us. Keep

count of the ounce of pleasure you get. In the long run,

nature did her work through you, and when you die

your body will make other plants grow. Yet we think all

the time that we are getting pleasure ourselves. Thus thewheel goes round.

• What the world wants is character. The world is in need

of those whose life is one burning love--selfless. That

love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.

Awake, awake, great souls! The world is burning in

misery. Can you sleep? Work unto death--I am with

you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you.

This life comes and goes--wealth, fame, enjoyments areonly of a few days. It is better, far better, to die on the

field of duty, preaching the truth than to die like a

worldly worm. Advance!

• Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really

surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose

mind has been purified by selfless work.

• Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the

same time with the tenderness of a flower.

• Work unto death—I am with you, and when I am

gone, my spirit will work with you.• Your country requires Heroes; Be Heroes! Your duty is

to go on working, and then every thing will follow of

itself.

•

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule,opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think

ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

• Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were

after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those



who can convert every work into one that suits their

taste.

• Great work requires great and persistent effort for a

long time. … Character has to be established through athousand stumbles.

• Work, work, work - let this be your motto.

• None can help you, help yourself; work out your own

salvation.

• He works best who works without any motive,

neither for money, nor for fame, nor for anything

else.

• Put yourself to work, and you will find suchtremendous power coming to you that you will feel it

hard to bear.

• Readiness to jump into the fire………………

• The watchword of all well-being, of all moral

good, is not ‘I’ but ‘Thou’. Who cares whether

there is a heaven or a hell, who cares if there is a

soul or not, who cares if there is an unchangeableor not? Here is the world, and it is full of misery.

Go out into it as Buddha did, and struggle to

lessen it or die in the attempt. Forget

yourselves; this is the first lesson to be learnt,

whether you are a theist or an atheist, whether

you are an agnostic or a Vedantist or a Christian

or a Mohammedan.• Plunge in! Do the duty at hand.

• Let us be brave. KNOW THE TRUTH AND PRACTISE

THE TRUTH. THE GOAL MAY BE DISTINCT, BUT



AWAKE, ARISE, AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS

REACHED.

• You have to plunge in and work, without thinking of

the result.

• Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes

of you.• Your duty is to go on working, and then everything

will follow of itself .

• Slow but sure.

• We speak of many things parrot-like, but never do

them; speaking and not doing has become a habit withus. What is the cause of that? Physical weakness. This

sort of weak brain is not able to do anything. We must

strengthen it. First of all our young men must be strong.

Religion will come afterwards. You will be nearer to

Heaven through football than through a study of the

Gita. You will understand Gita better with your biceps,

your muscles, a little stronger. You will understand the

mighty genius and the mighty strength of Krishna better

with a little of strong blood in you. You will understand

the Upanishads better and the glory of the Atman when

your body stands firm upon your feet and you feel

yourselves as men.

• What is now wanted is a combination of the

greatest heart with the highest intellectuality, of

infinite love with the infinite knowledge.

• Life is short: Give it up to a Great cause. Arise!awake! and stop not till the goal is reached.

• Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on

in patience, and the sun will rise for you.



• Do not search for God in obscure places, for God

is there in front of you in millions forms. He who

loves creation is serving God…………….Throw

away the paraphernalia of worship! Go out andworship man, for God has appeared in the form

of man, and to worship man is to serve man and

to serve is to toil and labour.• Work on with a heart.

• Lay off our refusal to strive and conquer the material

world, our refusal to work hard. This desire to strive, to

prosper was what we lacked and had perhaps lackedthroughout our history. It was but for this desire to

strive and prosper, that Europe had encompassed the

whole world. We need that striving, we need that love

for freedom, we need that quality of self-reliance, we

need unassailable patience, we need skill, that

impregnable sense of unity, that striving for

improvement, a new spirit, which will stop us from

looking back and will make us look ahead. We needthese qualities in our blood-stream throb ling in every

vein of our bodies.

• We are everything, ready to do everything, we

can do everything, and man must do everything.• Every work should be made thorough.

• Be content to work---------------and, above all, be true to

yourself.

• Now, do not talk; work, work, work!

• Get up, and put your shoulders to the wheel.

• No great things were ever done without great

labour.



• You must be ready to plunge into fire------------------

then will work be done.

• The true hero works in silence.

• Whatever you do let that be your worship for the

time.

• We must all work incessantly.

• Idleness won’t do.

• Off with laziness.

• Give up jealousy and conceit. Learn to work unitedly

for others. This is the great need of our country.

• Flying from work is never the way to find peace.

• Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and work on.

• None of us can get anything other than what

we fix our hearts upon.• Appreciation or no appreciation, sleep not, slacken not.

• The man who is pure and who dares, does all

things.

• Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. Never

mind these failures, these little backslidings;

hold the ideal a thousand times; and if you fail a

thousand times make the attempt once more.

• I have experienced even in my insignificant life

that good motives, sincerity and infinite love can

conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark design of

millions of hypocrites and brutes.

• Purity, patience, and perseverance overcome all

obstacles.



• Refer UNSELFISHNESS; LOVE LOVE

LOVE; THINKING; LOVE; SUCCESS;

• Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and

an all conquering will.• Accept the beneficial, discard the pleasure.

• The highest man cannot work, for in them there is no

attachment.

• Take heart and work.

• Doing good is not always smooth!

• The true hero works in silence.

•

Work for work’s sake.• Work of your own free will, not from duty.

• Take courage and work on.

• I want my work to be quick like lightening, and firm as

adamant.

• Patience and steady work-------------this is the only way.

• Too much sentiment hurts work.

• Some would call you a saint, some a Chandala; some a

lunatic, others a demon. Go on then straight to thy work without heeding either.

• We want infinite energy, infinite zeal,

infinite courage, and infinite patience, then

only will great things be achieved.

• Live for an ideal, and leave no place in the mind

for anything else.

• Keep the ideal in view and work towards it.

• Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous

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these are the only traits that lead to individual

and national regeneration.• Work out the salvation of this land and of the whole

world, each of you thinking that the entire burden is onyour shoulders.

• Work through freedom! Work through love!

The word “love” is very difficult to

understand; love never comes until there is

freedom. There is no true love possible in

the slave.• Work on as if on each of you depended the whole work.

• Where is no thought, there will be no work.

• The man who gives way to anger, or hatred or any other

passion cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces,

and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving,

equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest

amount of work.

•

Now, work work work.• Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy;

to work, in the fullness of strength!

• Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are

the mothers of great deeds. Onward for ever!• Work on, the best way you can.

• No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is

through Love, a passion for Truth, and tremendous

energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.

• We must persevere until the goal is reached.

• Great things can be done by great sacrifices

only.• We must have plodding industry and perseverance.



• Be unselfish even unto death, and work.

• Work, work, work---------------------I care for nothing

else. Work, work, work, even unto death.

•

Learn with all devotion.• Do not delay a moment. Leave nothing for tomorrow.

Get ready for the final event, which may overtake you

immediately, even now.

• My children must be ready to jump into fire, if needed,

to accomplish their work.• Throw the ideas broadcast, and let the result take care of

itself .

• GREAT WORK------------Who does it

Was it ever in the history of the world that any great work was done by the rich? It is the heart and the brain that do it

ever and ever and not the purse.

• Never turn back to see the result of what you have

done.

• Take courage and work on. Patience and steady

work----------------this is the only way. Go on;

remember---------patience and purity and courage and

steady work. So long as you are pure, and true to your principles, you will never fail.

• O hero, awake, and dream no more.

•

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Modified• Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were

after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones arethose who can convert every work into one that suits

their taste. No work is petty. Everything in this world

is like a banyan-seed, which, though appearing tiny as a

mustard-seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent

within it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and

succeeds in making all work truly great…………….• Work is a part of nature's foundation, and work always goes on.

Those who believe in God understand this better, because they

know that God is not such an incapable being as will need ourhelp. Although this universe will go on always, our goal isfreedom, our goal is unselfishness. According to Karma Yoga,that goal is to be reached through work.

• Give up jealousy and conceit. Learn to work unitedly

for others. This is the great need of our country.

• Whatever you do let that be your worship for the

time.

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